Transit Troubles Plague Memorial Day Weekend Commute
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Service got back to normal on Metro North and the Long Island Railroad Friday night, after a series of separate disruptions earlier in the evening brought the holiday travel...
View ArticleU.S. Navy Band Gives Special Performance During Fleet Week
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Members of the U.S. Navy band visited the CBS2 studios during Fleet Week for a special performance. Hundreds of sailors, Marines, and other servicemen and women arrived in New...
View ArticleRockaway Beach Businesses Hoping For Big Summer After Shut Down Section Reopens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – An 11-block stretch of sand in Rockaway Beach is back in business after beach erosion shut it down last summer. Pristine sand. A beautiful beach. Just in time for summer this...
View ArticlePilots Thrill Jones Beach Crowd At Annual Bethpage Air Show
BETHPAGE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – Daredevil pilots took to the sky at the Bethpage Air Show Saturday. Jones Beach was jam-packed to watch the jets and have some fun in the sand. The roar of F-18 engines...
View ArticleBeaches Packed As Memorial Day Weekend Kicks Off Across Tri-State Area
CBS2's Matt Kozar has the latest on the kickoff to the Memorial Day weekend around the Tri-state area.
View ArticleMouth-Watering Memorial Day Weekend Barbecue Recipes
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Memorial Day weekend means the start of summer barbecue season. Marc Sherry, of Old Homestead Steakhouse in the Meatpacking District, stopped by CBS2 with some great ideas for...
View ArticleService Members Here For Fleet Week Share What Memorial Day Means To Them
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Fleet Week means thousands of U.S. service members are in New York City taking in the sights and sounds of the Big Apple. The week-long celebration coincides with Memorial Day,...
View ArticleNew Yorkers Honor Military Members At College Point Memorial Day Parade
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — On the Sunday before Memorial Day, patriotism poured out onto the streets of Queens. CBS2s Tara Jakeway got a front-row seat to the festivities. What does Memorial Day mean to...
View ArticleBeach Season Begins With A Bang At The Jersey Shore
ASBURY PARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — It’s beach season again! And for families spending the Memorial Day holiday weekend down at the shore — they lucked out with the weather earlier Sunday, CBS2’s Matt...
View ArticleCBS2’s Guide To All The Memorial Day Parades In Your Area Monday
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – After a weekend full of air shows, barbecues, and perfect beach weather, Monday is all about the parades honoring the country’s servicemen and women. Here’s your guide to many...
View ArticleNew York Sports Teams Post Memorial Day Tributes On Social Media
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – While folks enjoy fun in the sun this Memorial Day, New York’s major league sports teams are taking to social media to reflect on the true meaning of the day. Today we remember...
View ArticleVeterans Helping Veterans Get The Services They Need
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – While Memorial Day means fun in the sun for some, the meaning is more personal for our nation’s veterans. It’s a day to remember the service members who made the ultimate...
View ArticleGenerations Of Veterans Attend Memorial Day Ceremony At Intrepid Museum
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – There was a sea of red, white and blue from the deck of the Intrepid to cities big and small this Memorial Day. Americans paused to remember the courageous men and women who...
View ArticleWhitestone Memorial Day Parade Brings Together Proud Veterans Who Remind Us...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A World War II hero was saluted by a grateful community on Monday during a Memorial Day parade in Whitestone, Queens. It was a hero’s reception for 95-year-old John McHugh, who...
View Article‘The Start Of Summer’: Jersey Shore Beachgoers Revel In Beautiful Weather On...
MANASQUAN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – Many people enjoyed Memorial Day by spending the day on the beach or out on the waters off the Jersey Shore. People CBS2’s Meg Baker spoke to told her they haven’t...
View Article104-Year-Old Makes History At Yankee Stadium, Honored By Memorial Day Crowd
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – In a sea of thousands at Yankee Stadium on a spectacular Memorial Day – there was a special, lifelong baseball lover who had also served his country in the stands. “Thank you...
View ArticleNYC Company Brings Military Veterans Together, Provides Counseling,...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Memorial Day is much more than the unofficial start of the summer. It’s a day to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in war. So, as many get excited for what the warm...
View ArticleFor Some Wounded Warriors, Golf Helps Treat Their PTSD
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – On Memorial Day, when we honor our fallen servicemen and women, there are some wounded warriors who also want you to think of golf. That’s not as far fetched as it sounds. As...
View ArticleFrom Barbecues To Parades, Exploring The Many Traditions Of Memorial Day
CBS2's Jennifer McLogan reports on the many traditions New Yorkers have on Memorial Day.
View ArticleA Look Back On Monday’s Memorial Day Celebrations
CBS2's Ali Bauman has the latest on the Memorial Day celebrations all across the Tri-state area.
View ArticleState Beaches Will Open On Friday Of Memorial Day Weekend, Cuomo Says
LONG BEACH, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – The road to reopening is taking another step forward, with Fridays announcement that a day at the beach will happen – but with some changes. It may not look like the...
View ArticleDe Blasio Throws Cold Water On Warm Dreams Of New York City Beaches Being...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered a beach bummer on Friday, saying New York City’s beaches will remain closed because he can’t open them safely. “We know right now a lot of the...
View ArticleJust Stay Home: Officials Asking New Yorkers To Avoid Public Transit This...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – It is not often the Metropolitan Transit Authority tells the public not to take mass transit on a holiday weekend, but that’s exactly the message for those planning to escape...
View ArticleMax Minute: Safety Tips For Getting Ready For Memorial Day Fun In The Sun
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – So now we’re coming up on the traditional start of the summer season, Memorial Day, and I don’t have to tell you that this is going to be a very different and even odd holiday...
View Article‘We Just Don’t Want People To Forget This Important Time Period’: Memorial...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)- The observance of Memorial Day will look different this year for Americans across the New York area as parades and events have been canceled. But, while the in-person gatherings...
View ArticleConey Island Beaches Open For Memorial Day Weekend… Sort Of…
NEW YORK (CBSnewYork) – Coney Island and Rockaway beaches will be open this weekend, but you better keep moving. You will be able to walk on the boardwalk, walk on the sand, and even wade in the water...
View ArticleHere’s What Your COVID-19 Memorial Day Will Look Like Outdoors Around New...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — From free masks to grass circles to roaming street announcements, Mayor Bill de Blasio led his COVID-19 daily briefing Friday with details on what social distancing and safety...
View ArticleLong Island Beaches Welcome Residents For Memorial Day Weekend, Ban Outsiders
JONES BEACH, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Beaches across the tri-state area will be open this Memorial Day weekend, but you’ll want to know the rules before you go because not everyone is allowed in some areas....
View ArticleCoronavirus Changes Approach, But Not Meaning Of Memorial Day Salute In...
CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — The coronavirus pandemic changed, but could not cancel an annual salute to our war dead in Rockland County. It was a tribute to those who fought and died for the...
View ArticleUpper Saddle River, N.J. Scouts Celebrate Memorial Day By Placing Flags In...
UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — For small communities across the Tri-State Area, annual Memorial Day parades are when our children get to march to represent their club or team sport. This year,...
View ArticleQueens Students Create Patriotic, Heartfelt Display Outside School For...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Some kids in Queens are working on a group project full of gratitude and hope. One small table at home might as well be an entire schoolhouse for 10-year-old Fallon O’Brien and...
View ArticleNew Yorkers Sound Off About A Social Distancing Memorial Day
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — This holiday weekend falls in the middle of a pandemic, but that didn’t stop shoppers from stocking up at local stores while social distancing. For many the unofficial start to...
View ArticleGov. Murphy Increases Number Of People For Outdoor Gatherings New Jersey To 25
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — There is good news for New Jersey residents hoping to enjoy the Memorial Day weekend and the nicer weather moving forward. During his daily coronavirus media briefing on...
View ArticleMemorial Day Travel Expected To Hit Record Low Due To COVID-19
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Memorial Day weekend travel is expected to hit a record low this year. Airports that are usually bustling with activity at this time are now quiet. Air travel is down 88% due to...
View ArticleBad Weather Combined With Coronavirus Restrictions Make For Unusual Start To...
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Bad weather coupled with the coronavirus pandemic made the first day of Memorial Day weekend very unusual at many beaches and boardwalks along the Jersey Shore....
View ArticleCombination Of Pandemic, Cooler Weather Makes For Quiet Memorial Day Weekend...
JONES BEACH, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — It is shaping up as a Memorial Day weekend like no other. The traditions of years’ past looked a lot different Sunday. Cooler weather helped keep crowd sizes small on...
View ArticleMemorial Day Takes On Added Meaning At Paramus Veterans Home, Where Dozens Of...
PARAMUS, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — The coronavirus pandemic did not stop Americans from paying tribute to the nation’s heroes on Memorial Day. In New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy attended a ceremony at the...
View ArticleVeteran’s Labor Of Love And Respect Takes Form At Brick, N.J. Memorials
BRICK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — On this Memorial Day, a New Jersey man showed his dedication to honor our military heroes. The veteran certainly knows the meaning of service and sacrifice, CBS2’s Jessica...
View ArticleMemorial Day Around Tri-State Lacked Usual Punch Due To Pandemic, But Some...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Memorial Day is often considered the unofficial start of summer. CBS2’s Cory James has more on how people took it in despite the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s beautiful. It’s...
View ArticleTri-State Seeing Signs Of Hope This Memorial Day Weekend After Trying Year
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — From the Jersey Shore to Coney Island, fully vaccinate people no longer need to pack a mask for the beach this Memorial Day Weekend. As CBS2’s John Dias reported, businesses are...
View ArticleBethpage Air Show Poised To Thrill Audiences, But Weather May Scuttle The Show
BETHPAGE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – What a difference a year makes. Last year, the Bethpage Air Show was canceled. This year, it’s back. CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff watched thrilling rehearsal performances Friday,...
View ArticleWhat’s In Your GPS? For Many People, Memorial Day Weekend Is First Time...
RIDGEFIELD, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – For many people, Memorial Day Weekend is the first time since the pandemic began that they feel comfortable without masks and social distancing. For some, that means a...
View ArticleMemorial Day Weekend Milestone: Rainy Weather Not Dampening Spirits Of Folks...
ASBURY PARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – New Jersey is marking a milestone as it heads into the Memorial Day Weekend. Fully vaccinated people can leave their masks at home. As CBS2’s Meg Baker reports, it’s...
View ArticleBethpage Air Show Canceled Saturday Due To Weather
BETHPAGE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – The triumphant return of the Bethpage Air Show on Long Island will have to wait. Rainy weather has forced organizers to cancel Saturday’s event at Jones Beach. The...
View ArticleFlag Laying Ceremony Held At Bronx Cemetery For Memorial Day Weekend
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Saturday’s rain didn’t stop a flag laying ceremony at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. Flags were handed out and then placed at the graves of veterans. Some 8,500 veterans are...
View ArticleNew Yorkers, Tourists Try To Make The Best Of A Soggy Start To Memorial Day...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Soggy weather in New York City left a lot of people who were looking for something to do this Memorial Day weekend high and dry. At Jones Beach, where Saturday’s Bethpage Air...
View ArticleDespite Rainy Weather, Bright Smiles On The Jersey Shore This Memorial Day...
LONG BEACH, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – The unofficial start to summer is here. On this Memorial Day Weekend, with COVID restrictions easing up, many are headed out of town, or had hoped to hit the beach. But...
View ArticleBrutal Weather Doesn’t Dampen The Memorial Day Weekend Spirits Of Many In The...
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — It has been a rainy and wet Memorial Day weekend. That means a lot of people in the Tri-State Area have had to alter their plans, CBS2’s Kiran Dhillon reported...
View ArticleMany Veterans Say Memorial Day Should Again Be Observed On May 30, To Remind...
CLIFTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Memorial Day is officially Monday, but several veterans groups in the Tri-State Area honored those who made the ultimate sacrifice Sunday. Decades ago, May 30 was the...
View ArticleHow To Participate In ‘Taps Across America’ This Memorial Day
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Last Memorial Day, new traditions were born because the pandemic forced the cancelations of parades and ceremonies. “Taps Across America,” created by CBS News On The Road...
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